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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In this prequel to the Ranger's Apprentice series, Halt and Crowley travel north seeking Prince Duncan's royal warrant to stop Morgrath from corrupting the Corps, but if they are to prevent a coup that is nearing success, the young Rangers will have to tread a dangerous path toward the annual tournament at Gorlan.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Wanting only a peaceful, obscure life, Dewey Andreas has gone to rural Australia, far from turbulent forces that he once fought against. But powerful men, seeking revenge, have been scouring the earth looking for Dewey. And now, they've finally found him - forcing Dewey to abandon his home and to fight for his life against a very well armed, well trained group of assassins. Meanwhile, a radical cleric has been elected president of Pakistan and, upon...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A major literary event-the eagerly anticipated publication of a long-lost novel from legendary writer and three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee John Oliver Killens, hailed as the founding father of the Black Arts Movement and mentor to celebrated writers, including Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Arthur Flowers, and Terry McMillan. Wanderlust has taken Jimmy Jay Leander Johnson on numerous adventures, from Mississippi to Washington D.C., Vietnam, London...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An explosive novel about the chaos of revolution, Glory centres around the unexpected fall of Old Horse, a long-serving leader of a fictional African country, and the drama that follows for an unruly nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup, in November 2017, of Robert Mugabe--Zimbabwe's president who took office in 1980 and...never left--Bulawayo's bold, vividly imagined novel shows a country imploding,...
5) Odin's Child
Author
Series
Publisher
Arctis
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Hirka has always been a little bit different, ostracized because her tail was cut off when she was an infant, so it is unexpected that she's summoned to take place in this year's Rite -- and even more shocking that her adoptive father reveals she is a tailless, powerless, human whose kiss rots flesh. The Rite also looms for Rime, a popular young man whose discovery of Hirka's secret threatens his destiny on the Council, and Urd, who would literally...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"As the day of the coup d'̌tat arrives, the future of all those who have been embroiled in it hangs in the balance, not least that of ACCA. ACCA Inspection Department vice-chairman, Jean Otus, holds the key to it all, but has he fully grasped the truth about the intrigue bleeding into his life or the strange developments around him? One thing is certain: Regardless of the outcome, the Kingdom of Dowa will never be quite the same again..."-- cover...
Author
Series
Woven in moonlight volume 2
Publisher
Page Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Banished from Inkasisa to the Yanu Jungle, Catalina knows her life is in danger but is absolutely certain her destiny is to rule. Rescued by the son of her former general, she is incorporated into a years-in-progress plan to ally with the fierce Illari people and raise an army to retake her throne -- and Catalina's abilities as a seer may be the only thing that will convince them to help. If only she was actually able to predict the future....
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
ACCA vice-chairman, Jean Otus, would much rather talk about bread, but everyone around him seems intent on talking about the coup. And when Jeans audit in Suitsu goes sideways, he lands smack in the middle of open rebellion. Will the swirling rumors about him gain credence?
9) Sentinel
Author
Series
Armored novel volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An African coup may force Josh Duffy to choose between his mission and his family in this intense thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series. Josh Duffy lives by a simple code: Duty. Honor. Family. But sometimes it's hard to know what order the words go in. Josh Duffy and his wife, Nikki, are both working for the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, providing protection for diplomats in the field. They...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Working with Marek Brendan, the heir to the Weslorian throne, to stop a coup involving her sister and her husband, the crown prince of Alucia, reporter Hollis Honeycutt, as things take a romantic turn, must choose between duty and love.
11) Missing
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Critically acclaimed political drama about a father's search for his missing son in Latin America. Based on a true story.
Author
Series
Loom saga volume 1
Publisher
Keymaster Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ari lost everything she once loved when the Five Guilds' resistance fell to the Dragon King. Now, she uses her gift for clockwork machinery to earn a living on the black market. Cvareh would do anything to see his sister usurp the Dragon King's place on the throne, and the Alchemist Guild on Loom might hold the key. When Ari stumbles across a wounded Cvareh, she sees an opportunity to slaughter an enemy and make a profit. He sees an opportunity to...
13) Greythorne
Author
Series
Bloodleaf volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Aurelia thought she saved her kingdom, only to watch it fall apart and have her people turn against her. Retreating to Greythorne Manor, a friend's ancestral home, she is surrounded by enemies-- even the house itself seems to have a sinister desire to harm her. Yet Aurelia is determined to protect her family even through her darkest moments. When all seems grim, will Aurelia find a spark of hope from a love she thought long lost? -- adapted from jacket...
14) Freelance
Publisher
Relativity Media Llc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless but impeccably dressed dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other to make it out alive!
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